Drop-shot



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ILLINOIS.

DROP-SHOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,134, dated December28, 1880.

Application filed October 7, 1880. (Specimens) To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that we, HANS J. WIN'IHER- LIoH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and WAL- DEMAR 'l. WINTHERLIOH, a subject of the 5 King ofDenmark, both residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements inDrop or Sporting Shot from Molten Iron, as an article of manufacture;and 1o we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. a

Our invention consists in solid drop or sporting shot made from molteniron as a new article of manufacture, and by the machine and processspecifically set forth and described in an application for a patentfiled by us in the 20 United StatesPatent Office, April 7, 1879.

This new article of solid drop or sporting shot made from molten ironhas many advantages over the common shot made of lead, or lead and itsalloys, by being much harder, sus- 2 ceptible of a much better andsmoother finish on their surfaces, and of less specific gravity; henceit follows that the shot will not be indented by rough handling, makingtheir surfaces rough and uneven, will pass through the 0 air with lessfriction and resistance, will require less charge of powder to give themequal velocity, and when they strike the object aimed atuthe penetrationwill be much greater, as there will be no flattening of the shot toimpede their progress, and shot so made from iron will not injure theflesh of the game killed by them or endanger thelives ofthe persons whoeat the game killed by shot made from iron, as is often the case whenshot are made from lead mixed with arsenic to harden them; and, further,shot made from molten iron are produced at much less expense than shotmade from lead, or lead and other metals or alloys mixed therewith;hence the iron shot will be cheaper to thesportsman.

\Ve are aware that iron bullets, canister and grape shot have been madeby casting them'from molten iron in molds, and we do not claim such castshot, as shot so made are a different article from ours; but,

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patcut, is

As a new article of manufacture, solid iron drop or sporting shot, asdescribed.

HANS J. WINTHERLICH.

' WALDEMART. WINTHERLICH.

Witnesses: FRED. Koss, CHARLES HOLBECK.

